Masonry Magazine June 1995 Page. 17
Call for A New Beginning
MCAA President calls for a new beginning, cites accomplishments in his state of the association address in Las Vegas.
L. C. PARDUE, President of the Mason Contractors Association of America, expressed his excitement over recent changes in the association at the Opening Session Breakfast on February 4. Pardue called it "A New Beginning." A new beginning involving the cooperation between the government and contractors, and the ever-changing and growing Mason Contractors Association of America.
Pardue sees the change in power from Democrats to Republicans as foreshadowing the future of MCAA. With hopes of more freedom and less red tape from the government, Pardue expects to see association committees continue their strong progression forward. He then went on to detail plans and progress of MCAA's various committees.
Pardue closed with a look towards Continued on Page 92
Wide Array of Masonry Topics
Star lineup of eight speakers provide TMS members with a wide array of topics at their general session in Las Vegas.
LINEUP of eight speakers provided members with a wide array of masonry topics at the Masonry Society's general session, February 5, 1995 at Masonry Expo '95 in Las Vegas.
Rochelle Jaffe, senior construction engineer for Construction Technology Labs, began by posing the question, "What is a wall type?" She explained that the Architectural Design and Practices Committee recently surveyed members with a questionnaire detailing several different types of wall diagrams.
"The answers were so different on each diagram, we couldn't reach a consensus from the survey," she said. "The committee eventually proposed a list of wall types consisting of single wythe, multi-wythe, multi-wythe cavity, masonry bonded hollow, adhered veneer and anchored veneer. She pointed out, however, that other factors, such as whether a wall is load bearing, load resistance, noise, thermal, screen or fire type will require additional consideration.
Prof. Richard Klingner who teaches masonry design at the University of Texas at Austin, presented a slide show looking at the aftermath of last year's Northridge, Calif., earthquake. "We look at earthquake damage for three reasons," he explained. "We want to know what we are doing right, what we can do better and what must we learn more about." He noted that several buildings, properly constructed under the building codes, survived the quake
SCAFFOLDING AND forklifts are two of the many materials displayed at Masonry Expo '95. An obstacle course used to test the skill of large equipment was set up outside, while inside, a retaining wall was built.
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